From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes.page>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, peff@peff.net,
"D . Ben Knoble" <benknoble@gmail.com>,
"brian m . carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:29:07 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqldgyrk24.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260211211810.278806-2-jonatan@jontes.page> (Jonatan Holmgren's message of "Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:18:08 +0100")
Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes.page> writes:
> help.c has its own get_alias() config callback that duplicates the
> parsing logic in alias.c. Consolidate by teaching list_aliases() to
> also store the alias values (via the string_list util field), then
> use it in list_all_cmds_help_aliases() instead of the private
> callback.
>
> This preserves the existing error checking for value-less alias
> definitions by checking in alias.c rather than help.c.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes.page>
> ---
> alias.c | 8 +++++++-
> help.c | 17 ++---------------
> t/t0014-alias.sh | 10 ++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
Looks good. There is a small functional change not on the
help.c:get_alias() side (i.e., "git help --all") but on the
alias.c:list_aliases() side. "git --list-cmds=alias", used by
command line completion, used to include such a broken alias, but it
no longer does (and gets an error).
I think it is fine to call it a bugfix ;-)
> diff --git a/alias.c b/alias.c
> index 1a1a141a0a..271acb9bf1 100644
> --- a/alias.c
> +++ b/alias.c
> @@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ static int config_alias_cb(const char *key, const char *value,
> key, value);
> }
> } else if (data->list) {
> - string_list_append(data->list, p);
> + struct string_list_item *item;
> +
> + if (!value)
> + return config_error_nonbool(key);
> +
> + item = string_list_append(data->list, p);
> + item->util = xstrdup(value);
> }
>
> return 0;
> diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
> index fefd811f7a..0bdb7ca10f 100644
> --- a/help.c
> +++ b/help.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
> #include "prompt.h"
> #include "fsmonitor-ipc.h"
> #include "repository.h"
> +#include "alias.h"
>
> #ifndef NO_CURL
> #include "git-curl-compat.h" /* For LIBCURL_VERSION only */
> @@ -468,20 +469,6 @@ void list_developer_interfaces_help(void)
> putchar('\n');
> }
>
> -static int get_alias(const char *var, const char *value,
> - const struct config_context *ctx UNUSED, void *data)
> -{
> - struct string_list *list = data;
> -
> - if (skip_prefix(var, "alias.", &var)) {
> - if (!value)
> - return config_error_nonbool(var);
> - string_list_append(list, var)->util = xstrdup(value);
> - }
> -
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> static void list_all_cmds_help_external_commands(void)
> {
> struct string_list others = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
> @@ -501,7 +488,7 @@ static void list_all_cmds_help_aliases(int longest)
> struct cmdname_help *aliases;
> int i;
>
> - repo_config(the_repository, get_alias, &alias_list);
> + list_aliases(&alias_list);
> string_list_sort(&alias_list);
>
> for (i = 0; i < alias_list.nr; i++) {
> diff --git a/t/t0014-alias.sh b/t/t0014-alias.sh
> index 07a53e7366..a13d2be8ca 100755
> --- a/t/t0014-alias.sh
> +++ b/t/t0014-alias.sh
> @@ -112,4 +112,14 @@ test_expect_success 'cannot alias-shadow a sample of regular builtins' '
> done
> '
>
> +test_expect_success 'alias without value reports error' '
> + test_when_finished "git config --unset alias.noval" &&
> + cat >>.git/config <<-\EOF &&
> + [alias]
> + noval
> + EOF
> + test_must_fail git noval 2>error &&
> + test_grep "alias.noval" error
> +'
> +
> test_done
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-11 22:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-08 15:30 [RFC] Support UTF-8 characters in Git alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-08 16:07 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-08 23:21 ` brian m. carlson
2026-02-09 14:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-09 15:19 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-09 17:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-09 22:40 ` brian m. carlson
2026-02-09 23:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 0:45 ` Ben Knoble
2026-02-10 1:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 6:59 ` Jeff King
2026-02-09 7:36 ` Jeff King
2026-02-09 13:59 ` Theodore Tso
2026-02-09 22:01 ` [PATCH v1] alias: support UTF-8 characters via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 7:44 ` Jeff King
2026-02-10 8:30 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2026-02-10 16:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 18:31 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 18:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing and lookup Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 19:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 18:31 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 19:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 22:29 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-23 9:29 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-23 16:07 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-23 20:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-23 20:25 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 10:27 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-10 22:27 ` [PATCH 0/3] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 22:27 ` [PATCH 1/3] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 23:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 22:27 ` [PATCH 2/3] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 22:27 ` [PATCH 3/3] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 21:18 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 21:18 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 22:29 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-02-11 21:18 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 21:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-11 21:18 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 22:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-12 11:16 ` Richard Kerry
2026-02-12 15:34 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-12 18:52 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-12 10:27 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] support UTF-8 in alias names Torsten Bögershausen
2026-02-12 15:35 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] support uTF-8 " Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 18:32 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-17 20:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-18 14:52 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 14:52 ` [PATCH v6 1/4] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 14:52 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 16:21 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-18 14:52 ` [PATCH v6 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 14:52 ` [PATCH v6 4/4] completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 21:57 ` [PATCH v7 0/4] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 21:57 ` [PATCH v7 1/4] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 22:19 ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-24 22:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-25 20:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-26 23:33 ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-24 22:21 ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-18 21:57 ` [PATCH v7 2/4] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 21:57 ` [PATCH v7 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 10:55 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 14:48 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 23:23 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-18 21:57 ` [PATCH v7 4/4] completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-19 18:17 ` [PATCH v7 0/4] support UTF-8 in alias names Junio C Hamano
2026-02-19 18:54 ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 17:12 ` [PATCH 0/2] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 17:12 ` [PATCH 1/2] doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 19:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 19:14 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 20:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 17:12 ` [PATCH 2/2] alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias] Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 17:00 ` [PATCH 0/2] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling Junio C Hamano
2026-02-26 20:53 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 20:53 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example Jonatan Holmgren
2026-03-03 9:41 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-03 15:13 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example! Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 20:53 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias] Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 20:53 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] git, help: fix memory leaks in alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 21:08 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling Junio C Hamano
2026-03-03 15:12 ` [PATCH] doc: fix list continuation in alias.adoc Jonatan Holmgren
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